Yanghe Personal Letters Baijiu 酒類パッケージ by Zhaoxin Zhu and Dongyan Ruan

Yanghe Personal Letters Baijiu 酒類パッケージ by Zhaoxin Zhu and Dongyan Ruan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 銅賞 in パッケージデザイン Competition Category.

銅パッケージ· 2021

Yanghe Personal Letters Baijiu 酒類パッケージ

by Zhaoxin Zhu and Dongyan Ruan

Client: Jiangsu Yanghe Distillery Co., Ltd

A' Design Award 銅賞 Winner in パッケージ Category

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The Design

About Yanghe Personal Letters Baijiu 酒類パッケージ

「洋河手紙」白酒は、中国江蘇省宿遷市という酒造で名高い地で造られた中国蒸留酒のパッケージである。デザインは中国文人の書を手書きの書簡という形式で表現し、また地元の地図が蒸留所を取り囲む河川、湖沼、湿地を描き出している。ボトルはマットな白釉を施した陶磁器製で、ボトルキャップはそのまま酒杯として使用できる。外箱は環境に配慮した段ボールに紙製カバーを巻いた仕様で、容易に開封できる構造となっている。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅賞

Yanghe Personal Letters Baijiu 酒類パッケージは、創造性、独創性、鋭い洞察力で際立つ傑出したデザインに授与される、高い権威をもつ評価である A' Design Award 銅賞の受賞作品です。銅賞の受賞作品は、十分に巧みで印象的なほど創造的な工芸品であり、デザイナーの豊富な経験、想像力、機知を裏づけています。Yanghe Personal Letters Baijiu 酒類パッケージは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される品であり、顕著にプロフェッショナルで革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銅賞を受賞したデザインは、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術のベストプラクティスを取り入れており、細部への配慮に優れています。Yanghe Personal Letters Baijiu 酒類パッケージは、ニーズを見事に満たし、欲求に触れ、感情を魅了し、好奇心を引きつけます。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This Baijiu made in Suqian, Jiangsu province, which is famous for being the city of Chinese Liquors. The city is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and this excellent ecological environment brings a Baijiu with unique taste. The product expresses the calligraphy of these literati in the form of handwritten letters, while using the local map to present the great ecological environment of Yanghe Distillery. The outer packaging uses green corrugated paper.
Dimensions & Packaging: 280mm x85 mm x200mm x 1.55kg Width x Depth x Height x Weight
Tags: Three rivers、two lakes and one wetland; literati and calligraphy; handwork; environmental; recycle
Production Technology: 1.Bottle: ceramic bottle, applying matte white glaze, and the bottle cap can be used as a Baijiu cup.
2.Box：Adopting environmental corrugated paper and wrapped with paper cover.
Design Challenge: "Personal letter" refer to an article written by hand, since the writer usually sends the letter to a friend, it always adopts a free writing style, which gets the true interest of calligraphy. It not only has a certain historical value, but also has a high artistic value in calligraphy.For representative personal letters, like calligrapher of Tang Dynasty, Yan Zhenqing's "In Memory of My Nephew",which is written for mourn his newphew, and this article is known as one of the "three major running hands in the world". As for Yanghe Personal Letters Baijiu, it expresses literati's calligraphy in a special form, which provides assurance to not only internal quality but also external packaging, creating a precedent for Baijiu design.
Research: This product takes into account about Chinese people's healthy drinking volume. The box of this Baijiu is easy to open, also the bottle is ergonomic. Each bottle of Baijiu comes with a match glass, and you can drink as long as you want whether you are alone or not.
Inspiration: The core idea of this Baijiu is closely related to the lasting prosperity of Jiangnan. Perfect natural environment creates an exquisite background and a land flowing milk and honey. The artistic techniques of Yanghe Personal Letters Baijiu fully incorporate the advanced knowledge of traditional calligraphy and painting. It also interprets the spirits of the literati into the strong and mellow life. The background of the times and the heritage of the culture fall on the scrolls and fine Baijiu.
Project Duration: The project started in December 2017 in Suqian, Jiangsu and finished in December 2019, Suqian, Jiangsu.
Operation Flow: Yanghe is famous because of its water, abundant water sources, excellent wetland environment, and high-quality underground water sources have jointly achieved the ultimate soft texture of Yanghe. It has also made Yanghe famous at home and abroad and become one of the representatives of Chinese liquor.The Yanghe Personal Letters Baijiu combines the blessed natural environment and the literati's praise in this unique Baijiu, also attracts consumers to spontaneously participate in the care of the environment, reminds them the respect for spirit, and the most important one is to enjoy the pleasant experience of the Baijiu in a more rational and healthy way.
Team Members: Designer: Dongyan Ruan
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Dongyan Ruan, Yanghe Personal Letters Baijiu, 2020.